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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807225503321

Titolo

Comprehensive Textbook on Vitiligo / / edited by Vineet Relhan, [and three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, Florida : , : CRC Press, , 2020

ISBN

1-315-11218-3

1-351-62126-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (316 pages)

Disciplina

616.55

Soggetti

Vitiligo

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Vitiligo is a disorder having a significant impact in dark-skinned individuals. Along with the historical, cultural, and psychological aspects of the disease the multifactorial pathogenesis of this disorder is discussed in detail with special emphasis on the newer hypotheses proposed in the causation. Descriptions of the clinical aspects of the disease are supplemented with clinical photographs covering the latest therapeutic and surgical treatment options. Nonconventional treatments such as cosmetic camouflage and tattooing are also discussed. Topics of controversy such as the role of diet, patient selection for surgery, and so on, are covered in depth.